Tony Capon directs the Monash Sustainable Development Institute and holds a chair in Planetary Health in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. A public health physician, his research focuses on urbanisation, sustainable development, and human health. Tony currently chairs the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Climate Change, Environment and Health, co-chairs the Future Earth Health Knowledge- Action Network, and is a member of NHMRC Research Committee. Previously, he was Director of the International Institute for Global Health at United Nations University (UNU-IIGH) and a Commissioner with the Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health.